Naive Set Theory

by Paul R Halmos

Overview

Written by a prominent analyst Paul R. Halmos, this is the most famous, popular, and widely used textbook in the subject. The book is readable for its conciseness and clear explanation.

This emended edition is newly typeset and corrected.

Asymmetry of the book cover is due to a formal display problem. Actual books are printed symmetrically. Please look at the paperback edition for the correct image.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781950217014
Publisher:	Bow Wow Press
Publication date:	06/01/2019
Edition description:	Emended ed.
Pages:	98
Sales rank:	828,739
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.25(d)

About the Author

The author obtained his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
He worked for the Institute for Advanced Study, the University of Chicago, . . .
He was recognized as a great analyst and mathematical expositor.

Table of Contents

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

1. THE AXIOM OF EXTENSION SECTION.

2. THE AXIOM OF SPECIFICATION SECTION.

3. UNORDERED PAIRS SECTION.

4. UNIONS AND INTERSECTIONS.

5. COMPLEMENTS AND POWERS.

6. ORDERED PAIRS.

7. RELATIONS.

8. FUNCTIONS.

9. FAMILIES.

10. INVERSES AND COMPOSITES.

11. NUMBERS.

12. THE PEANO AXIOMS.

13. ARITHMETIC.

14. ORDER.

15. THE AXIOM OF CHOICE.

16. ZORN'S LEMMA.

17. WELL ORDERING.

18. TRANSFINITE RECURSION.

19. ORDINAL NUMBERS.

20. SETS OF ORDINAL NUMBERS.

21. ORDINAL ARITHMETIC.

22. THE SCHRODER-BERNSTEIN THEOREM.

23. COUNTABLE SETS.

24. CARDINAL ARITHMETIC.

25. CARDINAL NUMBERS. INDEX.

Editorial Reviews

"This book is a very specialized but broadly useful introduction to set theory." (Allen Stenger, The Mathematical Association of America, September, 2011)

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